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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
hemorrhage
2 cups
transferrin
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
2. What is the function of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
fats
antioxidant - immune function
3. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
5.5 ounces/day
albumin levels
starches - sugars - and cellulose
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
4. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
4 calories/gram
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
cream cheese - cream or butter
300 cal/day increase
5. What is the function of vitamin C?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
milk - enriched grains
fats
liver and intestinal synthesis
6. The higher the BMR a client has --
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
18-25
can consume more calories without weight gain
7. What is normal BMI?
18-25
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
protein and fat
cream cheese - cream or butter
8. What function is vitamin A?
dark green - orange - drybeans
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
cream cheese - cream or butter
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
9. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
starches - sugars - and cellulose
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
10. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
500 cal/day
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
rickets - osteomalacia
carrots and sweet potatoes
11. What function is vitamin D?
6 oz. a day
essential amino acids
300 cal/day increase
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
12. What is normal albumin levels?
dark green - orange - drybeans
essential amino acids
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
one tspn salt or less
13. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
trans fatty acid
vitamin K
review of systems
14. What does DASH stand for?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
carrots and sweet potatoes
15. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
vitamin K
fat soluble vitamins
apple is higher risk than a pear
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
16. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
dietary approach to stop hypertension
vitamin K
fats
17. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
one tspn salt or less
fats
2 cups
day week or month
18. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
6 oz. a day
vitamin K
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
19. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
liver and intestinal synthesis
500 cal/day
20. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
2.5 cups
one tspn salt or less
4 calories/gram
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
21. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
apple is higher risk than a pear
2 cups
carrots and sweet potatoes
vitamin C - citrus fruits
22. Fats can lead to some medical problems
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
antioxidant - immune function
6 oz. a day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
23. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
2.5 cups
carrots and sweet potatoes
low albumin levels < 3.4
3 cups
24. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
trans fatty acid
500 cal/day
2.5 cups
25. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
hemoglobin
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
2 cups
2.5 cups
26. What is RDA of protein?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
trans fatty acid
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
protein
27. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
low albumin levels < 3.4
5.5 ounces/day
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
apple is higher risk than a pear
28. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
6 oz. a day
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
day week or month
dark green - orange - drybeans
29. Sources of fats
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
4 calories/gram
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
protein
30. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
hemorrhage
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
apple is higher risk than a pear
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
31. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
essential amino acids
pregnant women or elderly
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
32. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
prealbumin levels
antioxidant - immune function
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
B and C
33. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dairy and fortified foods
liver and intestinal synthesis
300 cal/day increase
B and C
34. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
starches - sugars - and cellulose
300 cal/day increase
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
35. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
4 calories/gram
dark green - orange - drybeans
36. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
review of systems
vitamin C - citrus fruits
diet recall
B and C
37. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
2.5 cups
dairy and fortified foods
trans fatty acid
4 calories/gram
38. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
one week period
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
39. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vitamin K
hemoglobin
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
40. What type of people need extra protein?
6 oz. a day
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
antioxidant - immune function
41. Name six sources of grains
one week period
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
milk - enriched grains
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
42. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
4 calories/gram
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
TPN total parenteral nutrition
43. When does BMR increase?
low albumin levels < 3.4
B and C
dairy and fortified foods
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
44. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
B and C
can consume more calories without weight gain
starches - sugars - and cellulose
TPN total parenteral nutrition
45. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
fats
dark green - orange - drybeans
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
46. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
300 cal/day increase
2.5 cups
transferrin
one tspn salt or less
47. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
4 calories/gram
milk - enriched grains
apple is higher risk than a pear
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
48. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
transferrin
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
hemorrhage
protein
49. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
essential amino acids
vitamin C - citrus fruits
protein
pregnant women or elderly
50. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
atrophy or wasting of muscle
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
pregnant women or elderly